heit

heit

See also: Heit and -heit

Hunsrik

Etymology

From Middle High German hiute, from Old High German hiutu. Compare German heute, Dutch heden.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /haɪ̯t/

Adverb

heit

1. today

   Heit is die Familje kumplett.

   Today the family is complete.

Further reading

• Online Hunsrik Dictionary

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Icelandic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /heiːt/
• Rhymes: -eiːt

Etymology 1

From Old Norse heit, from Proto-Germanic *gahaitą.

Noun

heit n (genitive singular heits, nominative plural heit)

1. promise, vow

Declension

declension of heit

n-s	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	heit	heitið	heit	heitin
accusative	heit	heitið	heit	heitin
dative	heiti	heitinu	heitum	heitunum
genitive	heits	heitsins	heita	heitanna

Synonyms

• (promise): loforð

Derived terms

• strengja heit

Related terms

• heita (“to be called; to promise”)

Adjective

heit

1. inflection of heitur:
   1. feminine singular nominative strong positive degree
   2. neuter plural nominative strong positive degree
   3. neuter plural accusative strong positive degree

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Verb

heit

1. imperative of heita

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Old High German

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *haiduz (“manner”).

Noun

heit m

1. Manner

Declension

Declension of heit (masculine i-stem)

case	singular	plural
nominative	heit	heiti
accusative	heit	heiti
genitive	heites	heito
dative	heite	heitim, heiten
instrumental	heitu	—

References

1. Joseph Wright, An Old High German Primer, Second Edition

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Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *gahaitą. Cognate with Old English ġehāt, Old High German giheiz, Gothic 𐌲𐌰𐌷𐌰𐌹𐍄 (gahait).

Noun

heit n

1. promise

Declension

  Declension of heit (strong a-stem)

neuter	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	heit	heitit	heit	heitin
accusative	heit	heitit	heit	heitin
dative	heiti	heitinu	heitum	heitunum
genitive	heits	heitsins	heita	heitanna

Derived terms

• strengja heit

Related terms

• heita

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Pennsylvania German

Etymology

From Middle High German hiute, from Old High German hiutu (“today”). Compare German heute, Dutch heden.

Adverb

heit

1. today

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West Frisian

Etymology

A former term of endearment which has widely displaced faar, just as mem (“mother”) has displaced moer. Cognate with North Frisian aatj (“father”), most likely from Proto-Germanic *attô, whence also Gothic 𐌰𐍄𐍄𐌰 (atta). The h- would appear to be prothetic; compare the variant deite, which is further comparable to East Frisian Low German Tatte, English dad, etc.

Pronunciation

• (Clay) IPA^(key): /hai̯t/
• (Wood) IPA^(key): /hɛi̯t/

Noun

heit c (plural heiten, diminutive heitsje)

1. father, dad

   Synonym: (in compounds) faar

   Coordinate term: mem

Further reading

• “heit”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011

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Westrobothnian

Etymology 1

From Old Norse heitr, from Proto-Germanic *haitaz.

Adjective

heit

1. hot
2. eager

Etymology 2

From Old Norse heita, from Proto-Germanic *haitaną.

Verb

hêit (present tense hêit, passive heites)

1. be called or named; have a name
2. invoke
3. swear, promise
4. (impersonal, passive) be thought to be

Etymology 3

From Old Norse heiti, from heita (“to be named”).

Noun

hêit n

1. a name

Synonyms

• næmn n